Νεκάδες

piles of corpses

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Oct 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 17 words
[Meaning] dead men.1
But by a misuse of language [it] also [means] the ranks of the living.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νεκάδες· νεκροί. καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ αἱ τῶν ζωῶν τάξεις.

Betacode
*neka/des: nekroi/. kataxrhstikw=s de\ kai\ ai( tw=n zww=n ta/ceis.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica: references at Photius nu95 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2cf. (e.g.) Hesychius nu254 (citing Callimachus fr. 567 Pfeiffer) and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 5.886. See generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1). ↩

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ν138Νεηνίαςyoung man, youthν139Νεῆνιςgirl, young womanν140Νεκάδεςpiles of corpsesν141ΝεκρῶI mortify, I render deadν142Νεκρῷ λέγουσα μύθους εἰς οὖςtelling stories into the ears of a corpse
Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Oct 2020
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded notes — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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